You can start an external editor from Dreamweaver to edit most media files. You can also specify the editor you want Dreamweaver to start to edit the file.
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You can start an external editor from Dreamweaver to edit most media files.
To find out what editor is associated with the file type, select Edit > Preferences in Dreamweaver and select File Types/Editors from the Category list. Click the files extension in the Extensions column to view the associated editor or editors in the Editors column. You can change the editor associated to a file type. For more information, see Specifying the editor to start from Dreamweaver.
The editor that starts when you double-click the file in the Site panel is called the primary editor. If you double-click an image file, for example, Dreamweaver opens the file in the primary external image editor such as Macromedia Fireworks.